1. Technology Transfer: The Secret Engine
Behind Israel’s Success
Yaacov Michlin, CEO

2. Israel’s Amazing Statistics:
Prior to 1996, Israel was home to 186 life science
companies. By 2012, this number had passed 1,000.
With some 40 new companies formed each year.
41% of all life sciences companies operating in Israel
today were established during the last ten years.
An impressive 34% of these companies have already
begun to generate revenue
In 2011 life sciences exports reached $8.9 billion, an
increase of 10% over 2010.
Source: Israeli Ministry of Trade & Labor, 2012

3. Without Technology Transfer We Would Not
Have:

4. …and these:
Mobileye
Cherry
Tomato
Hybrids
Pepper Hybrids
Sandisk Chip
Motorola Barcode
Reader
Polymerico
Fiber Optics
NDS Smart Card

5. Our Part in Israel’s Unique Ecosystem
Israeli universities serve as
the first bead in the
“Start Up Nation Necklace”

6. Israel’s Top Universities
Scale of Academic Excellence
The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem
Technion
Tel Aviv
Univ.
Weizmann
Inst.
78
93
100-150
Ben-Gurion
Univ.
Bar-Ilan
Univ.
301-400
*
U of Texas Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiaotong University 2012
53

7. The European Research Council – 2007-2012
Starting Grants Rankings
Rank
University
Total # Grants
1
47
2
European
Research
Council
Cambridge, UK
Oxford, UK
38
3
Hebrew University, Israel
29
University College, UK
4
Extremely competitive
infrastructure research
grants, for which the
entire EU university base
(inc. Israel) compete
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Ecole Polytechnique Lausanne, Switzerland
23
Imperial College of Science, UK
5
Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique
22
6
Weizmann Institute, Israel
20
7
Katholeik Universitait Leuven, Belgium
18
8
Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
INSERM, France
17
9
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
15
10
Helsingin Yliopisto, Finland
13

8. Creating Value
Each year Israeli technology transfer
companies generate a total of over NIS 1
Billion in royalties.
Over NIS 100 Million are invested by industrial
companies in scientific research collaborations
at universities
About 150 new technologies are licensed from
Israeli universities and research institutes each
year
An average of 15 new companies that are
based on academic inventions are started every
year
Yissum (Hebrew University) and Yeda
(Weizman Institute) are rated among the top 10
tech transfer companies worldwide in terms of
revenues*
Source: AUTM survey 2010

9. Public Spin-Off Companies
Of 29 public companies on the TASE Biomed Index, 9 either
started their science in the academia or license
technologies from academic institutes.
TASE- Biomed
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800
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760
740
720
700
680
660
30/01/2012
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01/04/2012

10. Israeli Incubators Location
Haifa: Technion, LN &
HiCenter
Tel-Chai
Tsemach
Katzrin
Gush Segev
Haifa
Nazareth Migdal Tsemach
Ha’emek
Hadera Yoq’neam
Netanya
Hadera: Yozmot
Netanya: Targetech
Tel Aviv: Lab-One & Radbiomed
Ashqelon: ATI
Kiryat Gat: Xenia
Ofakim: OHV
Beersheba: Ma’ayan
Ventures (Omer Park)
Dimona: Rotem
Ventures
Sde Boker: Iris Ventures
Tel Aviv
Ashqelon
Ariel
Jerusalem
Kiryat GatKiryat Arba
Ofakim
Upper Galilee: Meytav
(Tel-Chai)
Golan Heights: Meytag
(Katzrin)
Kinneret: Kinrot
(Tsemach)
Gush Segev: Misgav
Nazareth: NGT
Migdal Ha’Emek: Ofek
Beersheba
Arad
Dimona
Sde Boker
Yoq’neam: Naiot
Ariel: Incentive
Kiryat Arba: Mofet
B’Yehuda
Jerusalem: JVP, Van-Leer
& Bioline
Arad: Meizam Arad
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11. Israeli Incubator Companies Established, based on
Academic Research 2008-2012
56 companies
established
8 additional projects at
Bioline
An average of 90
companies approved
each year
The goal: Developing
innovative technological
ideas into start-ups and
leading them towards first
round investment
4 IT
8 Clean
Tech
21
Medical
Device
31
Biotech
Source: The Israeli Incubator program 2012

12. Bridging the Financial Valley of Death
The Financial Valley of Death
Academic
Projects/
Grants
Baby Seed
HUJI
Projects +
75 projects
New!
approved for
Collaboration Yissum’s
with Shaare
internal
Zedek
program
Hospital
Extensive Long
Term
Collaboration
Such as
Roche
Kamin/
Nofar
Magneton, I
ncubators
Independent
Companies
Funding through
the Office of the
Chief Scientist
Integra
Holdings

13. Invest In Academic Research- Invest in
Israel’s Future
Among the world’s top 10 tech
transfer companies
Over 50 years of best practices in
technology transfer
Immediate and long-term benefit for
the Israeli economy
Bridging the gap between academia
and industry is our challenge and
virtue